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LONDON: The euro slipped on Thursday after the ECB trimmed its growth forecast for the eurozone because of "mounting uncertainties" from within and outside the region.
European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said risks facing the area were now "moving to the downside", although that did not stop the bank from pulling the plug on its massive emergency crisis-fighting economic stimulus known as quantitative easing (QE).
"While Mario Draghi was boxed in by previous announcements about QE, his press conference revealed…

LONDON: Bitcoin dropped below $7,000 on Friday to trade more than $1,000 down from an all-time high hit on Wednesday, as some traders dumped it for a clone called Bitcoin Cash, sending its value up around a third.
Bitcoin has been on a tear in recent months, with a vertiginous sevenfold increase in value since the start of the year that has led to many warnings the bitcoin market - now worth well over $100 billion - has become a bubble that is about to burst.
It reached a record high of $7,888 around 1800 GMT on…